Sublime Terminal Setup

sublime_setup.md

Setup Terminal for Sublime Shorcut "subl":

Open terminal and type:

1. Create a directory at ~/bin:

mkdir ~/bin

2. Copy sublime executable to your ~/bin directory:

ln -s "/Applications/Sublime Text.app/Contents/SharedSupport/bin/subl" ~/bin/subl

BASH (Mac OS default) - use these instructions unless you know you have zsh

3a. If using bash (Mac OS default) add line to ~/.bash_profile file:

echo 'export PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin' >> ~/.bash_profile

4a. Set sublime as your default editor

echo "export EDITOR='subl -w'" >> ~/.bash_profile

or

ZSH - if you don't know what zsh is you don't have it

3b. If using zsh add line to ~/.zshrc file:

echo 'export PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin' >> ~/.zshrc

4b. Set sublime as your default editor

echo "export EDITOR='subl -w'" >> ~/.zshrc

5. Restart terminal and type:

subl .

Sublime should open up in the current directory.

6. Check unix commands:

ls

You should get a directory listing.

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Windows

Put the C:\Program Files\Sublime Text 2 in your PATH.

Create a subl.bat file and save it in the directory: C:\Program Files\Sublime Text 2

Inside the file put: start sublime_text.exe %*

Just gave this a shot but not liking the -w flag
/Users/administrator/.zshrc:export:86: not valid in this context: -w

I removed the -w flag and all is well. Thanks.

I'd update this (which is very useful) to include the application name change for sublime text three which doesn't include the number at the end of the file name.

Also got the same /Users/username/.zshrc:export:108: not valid in this context: -w kindly update

Thanks, this helped a lot!
Had to open the .zshrc file then remove the -w flag, save, restart terminal.

before i learned to change the filename with Git i set the default app to sublime.... how do i change it back to the unknown file like it normally is?

Thanks for the guide!
Got the subl command working on Babun shell for Windows.

Thanks man! So helpful!

10x!!!

Thanks so much. Super helpful.

Note:

ln -s "/Applications/Sublime Text 2.app/Contents/SharedSupport/bin/subl" ~/bin/subl

The lastest versions of Sublime Text do not have the version number, so you should modify this line to

ln -s "/Applications/Sublime Text.app/Contents/SharedSupport/bin/subl" ~/bin/subl

Thank you very much for this guide 🚀

the -w should be within the apostrophe's

echo "export EDITOR='subl -w'">> ~/.bash_profile

(assuming you want the shell to wait while you edit)

Note:

ln -s "/Applications/Sublime Text 2.app/Contents/SharedSupport/bin/subl" ~/bin/subl

The lastest versions of Sublime Text do not have the version number, so you should modify this line to

ln -s "/Applications/Sublime Text.app/Contents/SharedSupport/bin/subl" ~/bin/subl

Thank you very much for this guide 🚀

Thanks for the tip!

Excellent thanks for sharing 😊

Note:

ln -s "/Applications/Sublime Text 2.app/Contents/SharedSupport/bin/subl" ~/bin/subl

The lastest versions of Sublime Text do not have the version number, so you should modify this line to

ln -s "/Applications/Sublime Text.app/Contents/SharedSupport/bin/subl" ~/bin/subl

Thank you very much for this guide 🚀

Thanks for the tip!

Much Appreciated!

the -w should be within the apostrophe's

echo "export EDITOR='subl -w'">> ~/.bash_profile

(assuming you want the shell to wait while you edit)

Thanks for the fix. Updated.

Thank You

Don't forget to run source ~/.bash_profile after make changes to .bash_profile

Thank you!!!

Hi, it is great and easy but at the end it says "zsh: command not found: subl".
What should I do ? Thanks

thank you so much for the guide!